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Researcher warns against too much enthusiasm over the discovery of genes, for example. provides long life. We know too little about the big picture, that we can draw any conclusions, said Suresh Rattan furniture city at Aarhus University.
A new gene for longevity have been identified - said the researchers themselves. The question is whether one can do such conclusions although it still limited knowledge we have today. (Photo: Colourbox)
Science has in recent years given our generation the credit or the blame for many things: A gene makes us seem incredible, another gene controls our appetite. Earlier furniture city this week could include newspaper Dagens Medicin tell that a third gene gives us a long life.
The results of genetic research often draws headlines, but it's usually on a very limited basis. It feels PhD, DSc. Suresh Rattan, Department of Molecular Biology, Aarhus University.
"Each gene makes a new title, but that does not really matter what a single gene can do, because we do not know how it interacts with all the other 25,000 genes in the body. We have no idea simply do not know how each gene fits into the big picture, "says Suresh Rattan, associate professor and head of research at the Laboratory of Cellular Aging.
Great care Suresh Rattan suggest that we in Denmark are doing research to find out how genes affect longevity, such as. within his own field of stress. So he can follow the general mindset that selected genes might contribute to a long life. But the question is what we can currently use the new and uncertain knowledge.
"We can not activate gene copy it or eat it in pills and be happy, because there are so many ifs and buts. This is why I personally do not thrilled about the recent news that they have found a gene for a long life. I know the researchers behind the study, but each gene must be considered with great caution, and it is far too early in the research to say something about one particular gene, "said Suresh Rattan.
According to Dagens Medicin, U.S. and Japanese researchers revealed that the gene FOX03A is to double the chance of being more than 98 years. The study is made in Hawaii of 600 men of Japanese origin.
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